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verge1

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–noun

1.	the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.

2.	the limit or point beyond which something begins or occurs; brink: on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

3.	a limiting belt, strip, or border of something.

4.	British. a narrow strip of turf bordering on a pathway, sidewalk, roadway, etc.

5.	a decorative border, as on or around an object, structural part, etc.

6.	limited room or scope for something: an action within the verge of one's abilities.

7.	an area or district subject to a particular jurisdiction.

8.	History/Historical. an area or district in England embracing the royal palace, being the jurisdiction of the Marshalsea Court.

9.	the part of a sloping roof that projects beyond the gable wall.

10.	Architecture. the shaft of a column or colonette.

11.	a rod, wand, or staff, esp. one carried as an emblem of authority or of the office of a bishop, dean, or the like.

12.	Horology. a palletlike lever formerly used in inexpensive pendulum clocks.

13.	Obsolete. a stick or wand held in the hand of a person swearing fealty to a feudal lord on being admitted as a tenant.

–verb (used without object)

14.	to be on the edge or margin; border: Our property verges on theirs.

15.	to come close to or be in transition to some state, quality, etc. (usually fol. by on): a statesman who verged on greatness; a situation that verged on disaster.

–verb (used with object)

16.	to serve as the verge or boundary of: a high hedge verging the yard.

[Origin: 1350–1400; late ME: shaft, column, rod (hence boundary or jurisdiction symbolized by a steward's rod), ME: penis < MF: rod < L virga

]

—Synonyms 1. brim, lip, brink.

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verge2

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–verb (used without object), verged, verg·ing.

1.	to incline; tend (usually fol. by to or toward): The economy verges toward inflation.

2.	to slope or sink.

[Origin: 1600–10; < L vergere to turn, bend, be inclined

]

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verge¹ Audio Help (vûrj) Pronunciation Key
n.

The extreme edge or margin; a border. See Synonyms at border.
1. An enclosing boundary.
2. The space enclosed by such a boundary.
The point beyond which an action, state, or condition is likely to begin or occur; the brink: on the verge of tears; a nation on the verge of economic prosperity.
Architecture The edge of the tiling that projects over a roof gable.
Chiefly British The shoulder of a road.
A rod, wand, or staff carried as an emblem of authority or office.
Obsolete The rod held by a feudal tenant while swearing fealty to a lord.
The spindle of a balance wheel in a clock or watch, especially such a spindle in a clock with vertical escapement.
The male organ of copulation in certain invertebrates.

intr.v. verged, verg·ing, verg·es

To approach the nature or condition of something specified; come close. Used with on: a brilliance verging on genius.
To be on the edge or border: Her land verges on the neighboring township.

[Middle English, from Old French, rod, ring, from Latin virga, rod, strip.]

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verge² Audio Help (vûrj) Pronunciation Key
intr.v. verged, verg·ing, verg·es

To slope or incline.
To tend to move in a particular direction: "the Neoclassicism ... away from which they subsequently verged" (Hugh Honour).
To pass or merge gradually: dusk verging into night.

[Latin vergere; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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